Charles Hilpertshauser

Hilpertshauser was born on December 21, 1861, in Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.^[1] He grew up in Sheboygan, and he was trained as an architect in Chicago.^[1]

Hilpertshauser opened an office in Sheboygan.^[1] He designed many buildings in Wisconsin, especially in Sheboygan County, where he designed over 300 buildings between 1885 and 1910.^[2] They included the Bodenstein Bros. Block and the NRHP-listed Henry and Charles Imig Block in Sheboygan, the Theological College in Franklin,^[1] and the NRHP-listed Hotel Laack in Plymouth.^[3]

Hilpertshauser married Minnie Buckel in 1885, and they had two daughters. He was a member of the German Reformed Church, and a Freemason. He died of cancer on December 22, 1910, in Chicago, Illinois, at age 49.^[1] His grandson, Richard Miller, became an architect in New York City.^[4]